Tile-mold.



"wire three Patented August 11, 1903.

'E'ELE MGLD,

Cw'PEGIFEGAJION forming part of Letters Patent No. 736,3?, dated August 11, 1903.

Application filed i-lpiil 3, 1903. Serialllo.150,977. (No niodal.)

To all whom it may concern.- a

.Be it known that I, Rosana? O. 'luoicnn, a

citizen of the United states rcsidin g atfllathe accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is atop plan of the flask.

is across-section of the flask and follow-boards on the line 00 5c of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the same. i

Similar letters refer to similar parts throu ghout the several views. it i This machine is constructed with two followboards A and A, so connected by the hinged support 0 that they will stand exactly parallel when the board A is to the position indicated by the solid lines in Fig. 2 and in Fig. A

' into tilesections.

represents the follow-board proper, upon which the flask B is placed to be filled with the-concrete or plastic material to be molded This flask has a half-round coreB'through the center at the lower surface of the flask B, designed toform one-half of a round hole through the tile. This core also acts as-a support to prevent the concrete D from slipping out of the mold when it is raised from the follow-board A to throw it over to the position indicated by the dotted lines in. Fig, 2. After the flask B has been placed upon the follower-board A and filled with the prepared concrete or plastic material I) the cap E is placed 'on top of the flask and the followerboaid A swung to place above the cap, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, when the flask may be raised up by the handles 1) b, and the flask, follow-boarr'l A, and cap E may be carried over, as indicated by the dotted lines in i Fig. 2, when the flask may be removed from Fig. 2

7 the molded tile and the'tile removed upon' the cap E to pbsition to dry. V

' The hinge straps c are placed in position upon the follow board A to be thrownbetween into the cap and the follow-board. The. ad-

hesion of the plastic material D will prevent the cap from dropping away from the flask B until the flask has been carried to a position where the hand can be placed back of or un der the follow-board or carry it to position for removing the flask from the molded concrete, or, if desired, dowels may be passed through the cap and into the edges of the flask, or nails or any of several other available devices may be utilized for the purpose. v

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim'as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

In a tilmmold, a flask, and a supporting core-block secured to said flask, in combina tion with follow-boards, hinge-leaves secured to the follow-boards, projecting back therefrom, bent at right angles and pivoted to gether upon a line with the vertical center of the flask, and a cap between the upper followboard and the flask, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. Signed at Grand Rapids, liiichigan, March 30, 1903. l

ROBERT C. TUCKER In presence of- U. V. CILLEY,

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